The Founder to Fortune Podcast

By Michael Raybman & Vidya Raman

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The Founder to Fortune Podcast unpacks how great companies—and fortunes—are built. Hosted by Michael Raybman, CTO for early-stage technology companies and VC and former AI product leader Vidya Raman. Each episode unravels real-world insights from founders, execs, and investors shaping the future of startups and enterprises.

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Episode Date
Flow States and High Stakes: How a human performance optimizer does agentic coding
Apr 28, 2026
DevTool Founder-mode: Hiring for Grit, Reading Code, and Building Trust
Mar 26, 2026
Engineering Capital: Investing in Technical Risk
Mar 04, 2026
Your Co-Founder Relationship Is Your Startup’s Biggest Risk
Feb 14, 2026
The #1 Risk First-Time Founders Always Underestimate (It's Not Technology)
Jan 26, 2026
Small Models, Big Impact: Why the Future of AI Isn't Trillion-Parameter
Dec 02, 2025
Why 99% of Partnerships Go Nowhere (and How to Build the 1% That Win)
Nov 11, 2025
Is UX Dead? How Vibe Coding is Rewriting the UX Playbook
Oct 24, 2025
Playbook for the AI-Native Chief Marketing Officer
Oct 10, 2025
Product Leadership, Cyber Startups, and Agentic AI
Sep 24, 2025
GTM Cheat Sheet Every Founder Needs
Sep 11, 2025
From Dorm Room to Boardroom: Life lessons in leading from the front
Aug 28, 2025
Your AI Co-Founder Can Build - Can you Lead?
Jul 31, 2025
The Future of Building with Data
Jun 26, 2025
From Alpha to AI: Inside BlackRock’s Bold Data Transformation
Jun 04, 2025
Dear Cybersecurity Founder, Here’s Why We Ignore You (And How To Fix It)
May 29, 2025
How to Sell to a CISO
Apr 10, 2025
Hard Earned Lessons for Dev Tool Startups
Mar 13, 2025
Leveraging Cutting-Edge AI in E-commerce
Jan 31, 2025
The Future of Data Engineering and the Evolving Landscape of Enterprise AI Adoption
Dec 18, 2024
Lessons From Building a Business as a First-Time Founder and How To Approach Selling to Large Enterprises as a Startup
Nov 01, 2024
How to Sell to Enterprises with Bharathi Rajan
Sep 20, 2024
Founder-led Sales with Leslie Venetz
Aug 23, 2024
The Role of Sales in Early-Stage Startups with Barry Dauber (Databricks/Mosaic ML)
Jul 26, 2024
The Essence of Building Enduring Tech Companies with Chet Kapoor
Jun 24, 2024
The Developer-Facing Startup with Adam Frankl
May 02, 2024
The Business of Open Source for Infra and Dev Tool Founders
Mar 29, 2024
How Are World-Class Engineering Teams Setting Up For Success with AI?
Feb 08, 2024
Lessons from Building Thoughtspot and Nutanix with Ajeet Singh
Dec 20, 2023
The Story of Building Armorblox (Cisco Exit)
Nov 01, 2023
Building AI Products for Enterprise Users
Oct 04, 2023
Who is a Developer Advocate anyway?
Sep 11, 2023
How to Market Developer Tools
Aug 01, 2023